Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 158165
Network installation fails on Sony VAIO PCG-Z600TEK
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:06 EST
Description of problem: Installation crashes at IP address stage. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Crashes every time on the Sony laptop, has never crashed on a Toshiba Portege 7140 laptop. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Insert installation CD 1 and boot machine 2. type "linux askmethod" 3. select HTTP as installation method 4. select either DHCP or enter a manual IP address Actual results: installation hangs for a minute or so, then crashes Expected results: expect IP address to be assigned properly Additional info: I reported a similar bug a while ago (RedHat 7 stage I think). The problem seems to be to do with the sound controller and network port sharing the same IRQ (I think - memory is a bit fuzzy from this long ago). This seems to bear out though, as I used to get (sound but no network) or (network but no sound) at that stage. Don't think the dhcp component is perhaps the right place for this bug, but I'm not up enough with Fedora to know what component is in control at this point of the installation.
You said: > 4. select either DHCP or enter a manual IP address And anaconda still crashes ? This seems to rule out DHCP as the culprit. Moving this bug to anaconda.
How does it crash?
I don't think this is anaconda. I put dhcp down as it was as close to the network driver as I could figure. The screen hangs with just the text instructions at the bottom of the page for around a minute. I know that the DHCP or manual IP assigning takes less than the blink of an eye from the multitudinous installations I've done this way. The there is white text on the blue background stating: install exited abnormally -- received signal 11 other messages then run to the effect that the system is shutting down as cleanly as it can. The messages are all printed without the line feed, but no carriage return so the text looks a bit screwed. I looked at the Alt+F3 breakout screen to see if anything strange had happened, but there is nothing out of the ordinary there.
I've now tested this bug with a network install of Fedora Core 4 final. Doing an FTP install (don't think it makes a difference from the HTTP installs I'd been doing before), the system crashed again during install. This happens regardless of whether a DHCP address is asked for, or an assigned IP address is used. Pressing Ctrl+Alt+F3 gave the following info: * need to set up networking * going to pick interface * only have one network device: eth0 * going to do a getNetConfig * eth0 isn't a wireless adaptor * waiting for link... * 0 seconds * running dhcp for eth0 (not present when using assigned IP address) * waiting for link... (not present when using assigned IP address) * 0 seconds (not present when using assigned IP address) * reverse name lookup failed This is the last entry. There is no long delay during these crashed however. The previous tests I had done had quite a delay before the system crashed.
Same problem here -- Vaio PCG-Z600NE(CH) (Z600TEK of original pos- ter is rather similar to it's predecessor, my Z600NE), FC4 final from the torrent. Booting with either FC4-i386-rescuecd.iso or FC4-i386-disc1.iso burnt to a CD, "linux askmethod" works UNTIL eth0 get's an IP address -- after configuring eth0 (at least it's pingable from the LAN from that point), all what's left is the infamous "in- stall exited abnormally -- received signal 11". It does not matter wheter to use DHCP or to configure the interface manually, as soon as it's configured, there's this signal 11-abort. Ctrl+Alt+F3 looks similar as previously reported (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla-old/show_bug.cgi?id=158165#c4), but in my case, the reverse lookup did succeed. It's "0 seconds" here as well -- the network cable was plugged in and the switches are rather sim- ple minded ;) This very laptop does run FC1 (installed via CD at that time) quite nicely. The laptop is powered by an Pentium III, could it be an op- timization issue (P4 vs. P3, see release notes: "Fedora Core 4 is optimized for Pentium 4 CPUs, but also supports earlier CPUs [...]")? Regards, -kai
I am having the same problem with a Sony Vaio PCG-Z505JE. I am unable to install FC4 Final using NFS. Previous successful installation was FC2 Final installed via CD. The problem still occurs even if interface is configured manually and hostname has a reverse name lookup: * need to set up networking * going to pick interface * only have one network device: eth0 * going to do a getNetConfig * eth0 isn't a wireless adaptor * waiting for link... * 0 seconds * reverse name lookup worked After that, I get the same white-on-blue "Install exited abnormally -- received signal 11" message. Termination signals are sent and it ends with "you may safely reboot your system".
Right, An update . . . There have been some "unofficial" FC4 CD's created (and I think the second update may be available by now). These disks take the original FC4 CD's and update all the rpm's & kernels etc to the latest available through the yum repositories. I can report complete success when doing a CD install via the FC4.1 CD's. I'm guessing that there was something broken with the installation kernel on the original CD's. Anyway - I'm now (finally) using FC4 on my old VAIO. Only problem now . . . the CPU fan has packed in!
This should be fixed in Rawhide.